I love it when...

[greepish]

I love it when you miscast haste, causing you to be slowed.

[joellercoaster]

I love it when...

My player ghost mephitic clouds me, then paralyses me. Then gets me down to about 10hp while helpless.

Then its distortion-branded attack teleports me to safety!

[greepish]

I love it when a book next to a weapon form a smiley

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

...when I see weird things.

Once, when I was spectating in Webtiles, I noticed two long weapons lying diagonally-next to each other.

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./  -- Great mace
/. -- Spear or trident

I was literally shivering with fear for a second: for some reason, I thought it was a four-tile sized Pandemonium superweapon.

[Stormfox]

I love it when a book next to a weapon form a smiley :)

I always build my stashes like this. And I put the armour next to the rings.

[nicolae]

I was literally shivering with fear for a second: for some reason, I thought it was a four-tile sized Pandemonium superweapon.

Four-tile sized weapons. Devs, make it happen.

[Un67]

...you pick up awesome escape spells like Control Teleport, Blink, and Summon Butterflies while trashing Lair with Ice Form and occasional summoned backup.

[mageykun]

I love it when the entrance to the temple is that spiral of alternating clear panels. And Menkaure has spawned inside. So there's no way you're getting to the temple without getting tormented 50 times.

[AtT]

I love it when the entrance to the temple is that spiral of alternating clear panels. And Menkaure has spawned inside. So there's no way you're getting to the temple without getting tormented 50 times.

Torment can't directly kill you can it?

[Blade]

I love it when the entrance to the temple is that spiral of alternating clear panels. And Menkaure has spawned inside. So there's no way you're getting to the temple without getting tormented 50 times.

Torment can't directly kill you can it?

You don't want to face Menkaure at the 1-3 HP that he'll leave you at after merciless tormentspam.

[greepish]

I love it when you're about to die and teleportitis actually saves you.

[Daydreamer]

...when dangerous DEWz ghosts with firestorm cast it at low range and one-shot themselves.

...and when I leave Snake 4 because I've seen Nikola sleeping there and decide to come back when better equipped. On coming back I curare him, only to find that Wiglaf and Frances are also there in close proximity. I love it when that happens, especially the 4 hp I had left at the end of it.

[Jabberwocky]

When my SpEn deflects a large rock with his buckler.

[Stormfox]

When my SpEn deflects a large rock with his buckler.

I'll see your large rock and raise you an aquamancer's wave attack. Blocked with a SpBe's buckler.

[Jabberwocky]

I love it when I find a scroll of torment right next to a altar to TSO.

[TehDruid]

I love it when I find a scroll of torment right next to a altar to TSO.

That's quite easy to explain, my dear Watson. See, one day, a priest of TSO happened to run into this particular scroll of torment and decided to stash it somewhere where no evil would lay its hands on it.
And what better place than this cubical room that has an angel entombed in glass on one corner who is unable to attack anyone that comes in?

[joellercoaster]

I love it when...

I go downstairs to Orc:4 and immediately see Saint Roka plus entourage of Red Robed Jerks, run upstairs, run down some different stairs and realise that they're stuck in a bubble.

[TehDruid]

Playing a Troll Chaos Knight, he's lvl 11 atm. Here's Xom's gifts:

I don't wanna jinx things but If he manages to stick with these for a good while, I'll be the happiest Troll ever. :p

[joellercoaster]

...I run into a Tentacled Monstrosity (wait, what?) on S:3, standing next to a hydra and some normally-bothersome unique.

Having just learned Firestorm for the first time.

[cerebovssquire]

i - the +4,+3 demon trident "Lewow" (weapon) {elec, MR}

...when I get this on D:1 due to Xom ?acquirement.

[Un67]

So, did the hostile Pit Fiend get summoned yet?

[Mankeli]

My Stoneskinned Ug the Troll Earth Elementalist goes berserk in statue form . Seriously, what a great spell for trolls. Although no rTorment, because still playing 0.8. I probably have to switch to Kiku later on for that.

[PerverseSuffering]

I love it when Xom loves it when my DS gets his demonic mutations. He thinks it's hilarious!

[hxy]

my newly minted VpAs

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 You hit Grinder.
 You kill Grinder!
 Your Fighting skill increases to level 3!
 Your Stealth skill increases to level 8!
 You have gained Spellcasting skill!
 You're starting to get the hang of this magic thing.
 You have reached level 5!
 You have reached level 6!
 Your experience leads to an increase in your attributes!
 You feel clever.
 You can now bottle potions of blood from corpses.


[Stormfox]

Dungeon generation has a sense of humor sometimes.

  Code:

 Things that are here:                                                         
 a cloak; a dagger                                                             


[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Dungeon generation has a sense of humor sometimes.

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 Things that are here:                                                         
 a cloak; a dagger                                                             


I know it might ruin the joke, but what is so humorous in this?

[TehDruid]

Dungeon generation has a sense of humor sometimes.

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 Things that are here:                                                         
 a cloak; a dagger                                                             


I know it might ruin the joke, but what is so humorous in this?

He's probably playing an Assassin.

[Stormfox]

Dungeon generation has a sense of humor sometimes.

  Code:

 Things that are here:                                                         
 a cloak; a dagger                                                             


I know it might ruin the joke, but what is so humorous in this?

He's probably playing an Assassin. :P

Actually I had just ended my string of OgAs attempts. I know, context-sensitive humor doesn't work often.

(And if the phrase "cloak and dagger" has no idiomatic meaning for you, it definitely doesn't work.)

[Stormfox]

...when I manage to enslave the basilisk that just started to petrify me, and it holds off the pack of yaks that's coming to tear my stone self to pieces.

...when an orc warrior in the Orc:4 WAAAGH teleports me to safety with his distortion weapon.

[TehDruid]

An image equals a thousand words, they say:

RoM Acquirement.png (17.11 KiB) Viewed 80189 times

[TehDruid]

At least you were with Ash so you didn't have to put it on...

True. True. I did have scrolls of remove curse available though.

[Blade]

Wear it. It adds a healthy glow to your complexion.

[Jabberwocky]

An image equals a thousand words, they say:

RoM Acquirement.png

That's the worst acquirement item I've ever seen.

[greepish]

Heh outside of crawl, but I'm definately loving this.

I love it when you buy a Bethesda game (SKYRIM ), fully expecting bugs cause it's bethesda. You play the game and the intro fails on the cart fails to even finish (no talking, horses still moving in front of a wall), consistently so you can't play the game. You then click on tech support and the website fails to load.

I was hoping for horribly weird graphics problems, not being unable to play it

[Markizxd]

I love it when I lose a promising character after teleporting to safe place like this:

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Your surroundings suddenly seem different.
A spear shoots out and hits you!
You die...

[AtT]

Heh outside of crawl, but I'm definately loving this.

I love it when you buy a Bethesda game (SKYRIM ), fully expecting bugs cause it's bethesda. You play the game and the intro fails on the cart fails to even finish (no talking, horses still moving in front of a wall), consistently so you can't play the game. You then click on tech support and the website fails to load.

I was hoping for horribly weird graphics problems, not being unable to play it

There may be mods to remove this part of the game entirely. There is also a downloadable savegame right after the intro cinematic that can be found here:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17&navtag=file/images.php?id=17&tab=3
If you still can not make your game work you can download another install (torrent) here:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6808323/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim-Razor1911

[greepish]

Thankfully the problem mysteriously went away after the 5th attempt. Goes to show pigheadedness wins

[Sojiro]

I love it when after a difficult portal vault the loot is : 1 potion of confusion, 1 potion of degeneration, 1 potion of confusion, 2 scrolls of curse armour, 1 scroll of curse jewelry, 1 scroll of curse weapon, 1 scroll of immolation.
Someone somewhere definitely have a sense of humor. And a sadistic streak.

I love it when my first character to reach the Crypt is a worshiper of Kiku ... and the very first monster I see inside is Mara. And then running to the closest stair to save my life, I end up face to face with Aizul, right next to me so I can't even go back up to take my chances running from 3 fireballing Maras. And when I finally kill Aizul and go looking for another stair back up (hoping to find a way out that won't make me cross Mara's path) I open the door to find Mennas staring at me. And when I finally manage to find another stair up (after teleporting) and go back up to escape this death trap, despite approaching the exit from the other side of where I saw Mara I still end up running into him.
So much for Crypt being easy XPs to Kiku worshipers!

[Jabberwocky]

I love it when I accidentally uber a engineer rather then a heavy. (Sorry, I know this is from a different game but I felt like I had to put it here.)

[TehDruid]

My latest SpCK:

You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You are a herbivore.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
You need consume almost no food.
You have a pair of horns on your head.
You have razor-sharp toenails.
You are partially covered in iridescent scales (AC +4).
You are partially covered in slimy green scales (AC +1).
You are partially covered in thin metallic scales (AC +1).
You are agile (Dex +1).
You can breathe flames.
You possess an exceptional clarity of mind.
Your mind is acute (Int +1).
Your flesh is cold resistant.
Your flesh is very heat resistant.
Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP).
You are extremely resistant to the effects of hostile enchantments.
You are somewhat resistant to further mutation.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You occasionally shout uncontrollably.
Your muscles are strong (Str +2).

Yup, shoutitis is BAD, of course.

[Jabberwocky]

My latest SpCK:

You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You are a herbivore.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
You need consume almost no food.
You have a pair of horns on your head.
You have razor-sharp toenails.
You are partially covered in iridescent scales (AC +4).
You are partially covered in slimy green scales (AC +1).
You are partially covered in thin metallic scales (AC +1).
You are agile (Dex +1).
You can breathe flames.
You possess an exceptional clarity of mind.
Your mind is acute (Int +1).
Your flesh is cold resistant.
Your flesh is very heat resistant.
Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP).
You are extremely resistant to the effects of hostile enchantments.
You are somewhat resistant to further mutation.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You occasionally shout uncontrollably.
Your muscles are strong (Str +2).

Yup, shoutitis is BAD, of course.

And you can't cast spells for as long as you would normally be able too.

[TehDruid]

My latest SpCK:

You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You are a herbivore.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
...
Your muscles are strong (Str +2).

Yup, shoutitis is BAD, of course.

And you can't cast spells for as long as you would normally be able too.

[Blade]

I love it when, after defeating Mara, I am unable to get to the stairs away from his clone and my illusion and randomly teleport myself next to a "soul eater" and a "silver star."

(they were merely harpies, but they whittled my health down the rest of the way nonetheless.)

[Jabberwocky]

When I kill the the Lernaean hydra with two mystic blasts. (I don't know if that's actually a hard monster but its description made want to kill it right away.

[Blade]

I love it when I'm abyssed at XL9, find a portal out in less than 200 turns, and then die as I press < to enter the portal.

Fortunately, XL9 is too early for me to get attached to my characters.

[Mankeli]

I love it when a certain branch becomes a unique trap with Xtahua, Mennas, Boris and Frederick being on snake 3 alone not to mention the other levels with at least Agnes, Saint Roka and Donald . Good thing I'm playing TrEE with statue form.

Edit: now you can add Wiglaf to this list, found a crystal plate mail after him and a couple of nagas. Still a surprisingly easy encounter.

[mageykun]

I love it when you're sneaking up on a pack of monsters for a stabs, one wakes up, takes a step towards you, and gets killed by a blade trap before he can shout and warn the others.

I just had this happen twice with the same group of sheep!

[Jabberwocky]

I love it when after a difficult portal vault the loot is : 1 potion of confusion, 1 potion of degeneration, 1 potion of confusion, 2 scrolls of curse armour, 1 scroll of curse jewelry, 1 scroll of curse weapon, 1 scroll of immolation.
Someone somewhere definitely have a sense of humor. And a sadistic streak.

Scrolls of immolation can be useful for crowd control. You can convert to Ash and use those scrolls of curse armour/weapon/jewelry to gain piety. You can the potions of confusion and degeneration as ammo for evaporate. All in all I would say you got some nice loot in there.